Hair ornament



E. F2. PERSON HAIR ORNAMENT Nam. 3, E9127.

Filed D90. 1, 1925 WW5 on; By 6 /6 ,[W 7 Q? 5 Patented Nov. 15, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrics.

EARL R. PERSON, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 DUPONT VISCOLOID COMPANY, INC., OF LEOMINSTEB, MASSACHUSETTS, A GOREORATIGN OF DELA- WARE.

Application filed December This invention relates to a hair ornament, preferably made in the form of a barrette or the like. j

The principal object of this invention is to provide a construction which will hold firmly in the short hair now in style. For this purpose, I provide an auxiliary hair holding device on the back of the barrette to co-operate with the usual holding bar which extends along the back, and provide an improved device for holding the free, end of said bar.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a barrette constru-cted in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the holding bar open;

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line ll of Fig. 1 enlarged;

Fig. 5 is an end view of the same showing the fastening device;

Fig. 6 is an edge view of another form of r the invention Fig. 7 is a rear view of the same; and

Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6.

I have shown the invention in two forms, in both of which it is applied to a barrette, the back 10 of which is of any ordinary construction, either plain, ornamented, or otherwise, but curved longitudinally. At one end there are one or more projections 11 on which a curved holding bar or pin 12 is pivoted as usual. This bar extends throughout the length of the barrette and is used, as heretofore, for the purpose of holding the hair between it and the back of the harrette to hold the article on the hair. It has always necessitated some form of holding de vice at the other end of the barrettc on the back, and in the present case I have provided a member 13 having two integral projections 14 spaced apart at their rear ends a distance less than the width of the bar 12 and having a recess between them back of the same wide enough to receive the bar. As this member 13 is made of celluloid which is not perfectly rigid, the bar can be forced in between the projections at the end and when in the recess will be held firmly in position. This is one of the features of this invention.

In the form of the invention shown in the HAIR ORNAMENT.

1, 1925. Serial No. 72,589.

first five figures the bar 12 is provided with a central recess or slit 16 extending longitudinally along its center and the rear of the barrette 10 is provided with a central toothed member 17 extending longitudinally and registering with this slit. Therefore when the bar 12 is closed, as shown in Fig. 1, the toothed member will project into the recess 16 in the bar and necessitate the waving of the hair slightly held between them, thus preventing accidental disengagement of the barrette from the hair. This feature, of course, co-operates with the locking arrangement shown in Fig. 5 to secure the device firmly in the hair.

In the form shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 the bar 12 is formed straight across in the ordinary way, and two comb members 17 are located on the back of the barrette, one on each side of this bar. They co-operate with the bar in very much the same way as shown in Fig. 4-, and for the same purpose, but here they can be made of any length re quired as their length does not depend upon the length of the slit in the bar itself. In this way it will be seen that by means of two co-operating features I provide for the holding of the article on the hair, these features being of such a nature as to be of special use in connection with the present style.

Although I have illustrated and described only two forms of the invention I am aware of the fact that other modifications can be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the de tails of either of these forms, but what I do claim is 1. In a hair ornament, the Combination of a curved back, a bar pivoted to one end thereof at the rear and spaced from the back, tapering uniformly toward its free end, and a fastening device for the free end of the bar comprising a member formed integral with and as a part of and projecting radially from the back and having a central recess for receiving the bar and projecting inwardly be yond the edges of said recess at points beyond it to necessitate the forcing of the two legs of said member away from each other by the insertion of the bar, and a toothed member along the back co-operating with the bar for assisting and holding the device on the hair.

2. In a hair ornament the combination of a back, a bar pivoted to one end thereof at the rear and spaced from the back, and a 5 fastening device for the free end of the bar comprising a member formed integral with and as a part of and projecting from the back and having a central recess for receiving the bar and projecting inwardly beyond the edges of said recess at points beyond bar for assisting and holding the device on the hair.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

EARL R. PERSON. 

